2016 Wesleyan Discipline: 3391
From Wesleyan Discipline
3391. Other Ministers. A commissioned or licensed minister or ordained deacon seeking to be received into The Wesleyan Church from another denomination shall be listed by the district conference for the first year and until all deficiencies in educational requirements are cared for as a commissioned or licensed minister in process of transfer (cf. 2016 Wesleyan Discipline:3104). A commissioned or licensed minister in process of transfer shall be a nonvoting member of the district conference (2016 Wesleyan Discipline:1090:3).